In politics, 100 days is a benchmark of administrative action, but in sports timelines for change can be much faster or tedious.

Allen Greene has been Auburn's athletic director for 103 days and counting and so far the only major personnel change has been the swimming coach. Suffice to say, that was not the reason why Auburn hired Greene to replace Jay Jacobs.

In the three-and-a-half months Greene has been on the job one thing has become abundantly clear: He's deliberate. If the idea is to measure twice and cut once, as the saying goes, Greene is making sure he knows all the ins and out before implementing the changes he feels are necessary for the department.

"There are some things that I have in my mind," Greene said before a meeting of the West Georgia Auburn Club in LaGrange on Monday. "When I talk about putting pen to paper it's really trying to articulate and play out the long game and try to figure out what makes the most sense.

"I have a better understanding, but I don't have a great enough understanding yet to be able to say, 'Here's what we're going to do and here's when we're going to do it.' It'll come when it comes."

With the spring semester over and the summer semester about to begin, it's a natural time on the academic calendar for personnel changes. However, how soon changes are coming is still unclear and some major decisions need to be made, particularly with men's basketball.

Greene has been supportive of Bruce Pearl since the season ended and while the sides have been discussing a contract extension for some time, a deal isn't done yet. Staff compensation is a major factor in the negotiations, as Pearl's staff ranks near the bottom of the league, and the contracts for multiple members of the staff expire in the coming weeks.

Last month, Auburn's board of trustees approved the final projects for facility upgrades for baseball and softball player development and basketball locker room renovations. The baseball and softball upgrades had been planned as part of mutliphase projects that also will improve the seating and fan experience at Plainsman Park and Jane B. Moore Field.

Whether those plans will remain in phases and take the next several years to complete or be expedited is being decided as well.

"I wouldn't quite put labels on phases yet," Greene said last month. "I still need to get a better understanding of holistically what we're looking at in terms of capital projects. ... There's two components to it: One is acknowledging that something needs to be done and the second is a timeline and a plan to execute it. We know that expenses are going to continue to increase, we want to make sure that our revenues continue to increase so that we can support that.

"If money were no option and we had unlimited resources, obviously yeah there's things need to be done. Part of my responsibility and our team's responsibility is to be very thoughtful with our resources and to make sure that we're doing things that have high impact, but also remembering that there's a time frame in which we need to work. But we also need community and fan and donor support."

Finality as to men's basketball, plans for facilities and potential changes to administrative staff are all among the issues on Greene's plate, not to mention the typical day-to-day tasks and getting acclimated with a new job and living on the Plains.

"I think that we're on track, and I guess I'm on track, with the timeline that I was thinking getting here," he said. "Trying to get an understanding of the culture, what our coaches and our student-athletes and our administration feel like is needed. Getting to know the president and his cabinet. Getting to know the community, which is why I'm here (Monday night), but then I introduced my family to Auburn a month ago. We're going through that process. We're still working really hard to get acclimated.

"In due time, my hope is this next phase will start, put pen to paper and start thinking about our future."

James Crepea is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @JamesCrepea.